An Open Letter to Our So Called Representatives

Dear Congressmen and Congresswomen,

I could not even address this letter to our Representatives as you have once again shown that you do not warrant that title.

Your rejection of the Zadroga bill is just another slap in the face to those who actually attempted to do something after 9/11.

As you sit in your offices paid for by those who elected you and meet daily with lobbyists to discuss how you can promote their interests brave people continue to die.

People who did not hold press conferences after 9/11 to swear they would never forget.

But people who did the right thing and worked at Ground Zero or Fresh Kills in an attempt to find the victims of the most vicious attack in the history of America.

And when we came to you to help those who are sick and dying because of their efforts you turned your backs.

You hide behind Congressional tricks that allow you to change the voting rules to get your desired results.

You line up behind Nancy Pelosi who has stonewalled this bill since it was first introduced with the hopes that it would die in committee.

Well the bill didn’t die but many of our loved ones will continue to as you play politics with their lives.

It is amazing how the House continues to be held hostage as its members sell their votes to the highest bidders every chance they get.

Unfortunately we do not have the money or the influence to buy your votes.

But be assured we will keep up the fight.

And we will let everyone know who voted against this bill.

We will also make them aware of what to expect “God Forbid” something like 9/11 happens again.

So the next time you are counting the money in your campaign war chests, money that you will most likely need to use to pay lawyers to get you out of trouble most of you seem to find yourselves in, remember we are still here.

We expect to be represented.

We expect you to care for the victims who where lied to by the Federal Government about the quality of air after 9/11.

We expect you to make decisions based on what is right and not what fills your pockets.

And most importantly unlike you……”We Will Not Forget”

Dennis McKeon

Haiti....6 Months Later

Most of the media outlets are doing their 6 month update on Haiti and surprise surprise not much has been done and they are questioning where the billions that were donated or supplied by governments went.

This is like a broken record.

After every tragedy or natural disaster millions are collected by agencies that state they are using the funds for that specific event.

They get kind hearted people to donate and the money goes into their general administration fund to be spent when and where they want it.

We warned people up front that this was happening. (see below)

If the government really wanted to do something it would be really easy.

Compare the amount of money that was collected by these charities this year (from Jan through July) with last year.

The bulk of the increase could be associated with what was donated for Haiti.

Then check how much of that money was actually sent to Haiti and how was it spent.

But this will never happen.

Do you know that we could not get one of these charities to give us $15,000 to ship our T Shirts to Haiti?

We had to rely on individuals and small organizations and we are finally going to be able to ship the shirts.

Many of the people who we reached out to stated they already gave to these major charities and were shocked that they would not support our effort.

100% of what we collect will go towards shipping the shirts and the shirts will be distributed directly to those in need in Haiti.

We are making the final arrangements and should be shipping by the end of the month.

We are going to give everyone who donated a dollar or a shirt to sign labels that we are going to be placed on the shipping cartons to let them know who helped out.

We will also ask everyone who comes to help us load the container to bring a bottle of Dawn dishwashing liquid which we will be sending to the Gulf area to help with the cleaning of wildlife impacted by the oil spill.

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us with this effort. We will also let you know about a small fundraiser we will be planning to cover any additional costs we may run into getting the shirts through customs.

We hope that you will take part in some of our future events and hope that you continue to support other grass root efforts that are always there at every tragedy and really give you a bang for your donated buck


Follow the Money...The Donation Shell Game

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